82R24691 NAJ-D
 
  By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 1875
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1875:
 
  By:  Callegari C.S.H.B. No. 1875
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the repeal of certain health programs, task forces, and
  councils, to the review of certain health programs, councils,
  centers, and divisions under the Texas Sunset Act, and to the
  transfer of certain functions to the Department of State Health
  Services; providing penalties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 531.021(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission shall:
               (1)  plan and direct the Medicaid program in each
  agency that operates a portion of the Medicaid program, including
  the management of the Medicaid managed care system and the
  development, procurement, management, and monitoring of contracts
  necessary to implement the Medicaid managed care system;
               (2)  adopt reasonable rules and standards governing the
  determination of fees, charges, and rates for medical assistance
  payments under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, in consultation
  with the agencies that operate the Medicaid program; and
               (3)  establish requirements for and define the scope of
  the ongoing evaluation of the Medicaid managed care system
  [conducted in conjunction with the Texas Health Care Information
  Council under Section 108.0065, Health and Safety Code].
         SECTION 2.  Section 531.0214(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  To minimize cost and duplication of activities, the
  commission shall assist and coordinate:
               (1)  the efforts of the agencies that are participating
  in the development of the system required by Subsection (a); and
               (2)  the efforts of those agencies with the efforts of
  other agencies involved in a [statewide] health care data
  collection system used by the Department of State Health Services
  [provided for by Section 108.006, Health and Safety Code],
  including avoiding duplication of expenditure of state funds for
  computer hardware, staff, or services.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2054.0541, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 2054.0541.  STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE DATA COLLECTION
  SYSTEM. The department shall assist [the Texas Health Care
  Information Council and] the [Texas] Department of State Health
  Services with planning, analyses, and management functions
  relating to the procurement, use, and implementation of a
  [statewide] health care data collection system used by the
  Department of State Health Services [under Chapter 108, Health and
  Safety Code].
         SECTION 4.  Chapter 35, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
  adding Section 35.014 to read as follows:
         Sec. 35.014.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  services program for children with special health care needs is
  subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
  Act), as if it were a state agency subject to review under that
  chapter. If the program is not continued in existence in accordance
  with that chapter, the program is abolished and this chapter
  expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 5.  Chapter 36, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
  adding Section 36.015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 36.015.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  screening program for special senses and communication disorders
  established under this chapter is subject to review under Chapter
  325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state
  agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program is not
  continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the program
  is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 6.  Chapter 37, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
  adding Section 37.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.007.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  program to detect abnormal spinal curvature in children established
  under this chapter is subject to review under Chapter 325,
  Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state agency
  subject to review under that chapter. If the program is not
  continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the program
  is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 7.  Chapter 38, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
  adding Section 38.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 38.003.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  program for the control and eradication of pediculosis in minors
  established under this chapter is subject to review under Chapter
  325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state
  agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program is not
  continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the program
  is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 8.  Chapter 39, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
  adding Section 39.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.007.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  children's outreach heart program is subject to review under
  Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a
  state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program
  is not continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the
  program is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 9.  Chapter 40, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
  adding Section 40.008 to read as follows:
         Sec. 40.008.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  epilepsy program established under this chapter is subject to
  review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if
  it were a state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the
  program is not continued in existence in accordance with that
  chapter, the program is abolished and this chapter expires
  September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 10.  Chapter 41, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 41.008 to read as follows:
         Sec. 41.008.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  hemophilia assistance program is subject to review under Chapter
  325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state
  agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program is not
  continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the program
  is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 11.  Chapter 42, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 42.019 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.019.  SUNSET PROVISION. The kidney health care
  division is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
  Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
  the division is abolished and this chapter expires September 1,
  2019.
         SECTION 12.  Chapter 43, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 43.015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 43.015.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  oral health improvement services program is subject to review under
  Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a
  state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program
  is not continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the
  program is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 13.  Chapter 46, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 46.008 to read as follows:
         Sec. 46.008.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO SYSTEM. (a) The
  system created by Section 46.002(a) is subject to review under
  Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a
  state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the system is
  not continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the
  system is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the system.
         SECTION 14.  Chapter 47, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 47.010 to read as follows:
         Sec. 47.010.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  newborn hearing screening, tracking, and intervention program is
  subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
  Act), as if it were a state agency subject to review under that
  chapter. If the program is not continued in existence in accordance
  with that chapter, the program is abolished and this chapter
  expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 15.  Section 81.010, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
         (l)  The Interagency Coordinating Council for HIV and
  Hepatitis is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
  Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
  the council is abolished and this section expires September 1,
  2019.
         SECTION 16.  Chapter 83, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 83.0085 to read as follows:
         Sec. 83.0085.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a)
  The program created by Section 83.008 is subject to review under
  Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a
  state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program
  is not continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the
  program is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 17.  Subchapter B, Chapter 85, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 85.045 to read as follows:
         Sec. 85.045.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  state grant program established under this subchapter is subject to
  review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if
  it were a state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the
  program is not continued in existence in accordance with that
  chapter, the program is abolished and this subchapter expires
  September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 18.  Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 85.067 to read as follows:
         Sec. 85.067.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  Texas HIV medication program is subject to review under Chapter
  325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state
  agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program is not
  continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the program
  is abolished and this subchapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 19.  Subchapter D, Chapter 85, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 85.090 to read as follows:
         Sec. 85.090.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  testing, registration, and counseling programs established under
  this subchapter are subject to review under Chapter 325, Government
  Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if they were a state agency subject to
  review under that chapter. If the programs are not continued in
  existence in accordance with that chapter, the programs are
  abolished and this subchapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the programs.
         SECTION 20.  Subchapter A, Chapter 86, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 86.006 to read as follows:
         Sec. 86.006.  SUNSET PROVISION. The advisory council is
  subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
  continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the council is
  abolished and this subchapter expires September 1, 2019.
         SECTION 21.  Section 86.012, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The advisory committee is subject to Chapter 325,
  Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
  as provided by that chapter, the committee is abolished and this
  section expires September 1, 2019.
         SECTION 22.  Section 86.103, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The advisory council is subject to Chapter 325,
  Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
  as provided by that chapter, the council is abolished and this
  section expires September 1, 2019.
         SECTION 23.  Chapter 90, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 90.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 90.004.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  osteoporosis program created by Section 90.002 is subject to review
  under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were
  a state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program
  is not continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the
  program is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 24.  Chapter 91, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 91.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 91.004.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  program created by Section 91.002 is subject to review under
  Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a
  state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program
  is not continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the
  program is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 25.  Subchapter A, Chapter 93, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 93.015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 93.015.  SUNSET PROVISION. The Council on
  Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke is subject to Chapter 325,
  Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
  as provided by that chapter, the council is abolished and this
  chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         SECTION 26.  Chapter 97, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 97.008 to read as follows:
         Sec. 97.008.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO PROGRAM. (a) The
  arthritis control and prevention program is subject to review under
  Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a
  state agency subject to review under that chapter. If the program
  is not continued in existence in accordance with that chapter, the
  program is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the program.
         SECTION 27.  Subchapter A, Chapter 98, Health and Safety
  Code, as added by Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended by adding Section
  98.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 98.003.  SUNSET PROVISION. The Advisory Panel on
  Health Care-Associated Infections and Preventable Adverse Events
  is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
  Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
  advisory panel is abolished and this chapter expires September 1,
  2019.
         SECTION 28.  Chapter 101, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 101.011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.011.  SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Council on
  Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders is subject to Chapter
  325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
  existence as provided by that chapter, the council is abolished and
  this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         SECTION 29.  Chapter 103, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 103.020 to read as follows:
         Sec. 103.020.  SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Diabetes Council
  is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
  Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
  council is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         SECTION 30.  Section 105.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Department" ["Council"] means the Department of
  State Health Services [statewide health coordinating council].
         SECTION 31.  Section 105.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 105.002.  ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER. (a) In conjunction
  with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and in such a way
  as to avoid duplication of effort, the department [council] shall
  establish a comprehensive health professions resource center for
  the collection and analysis of educational and employment trends
  for health professions in this state.
         (b)  To [In conjunction with the committee formed under
  Section 104.0155, to avoid duplication of effort, and to] the
  extent funding is available through fees collected under Section
  301.155(c), Occupations Code, the department [council] shall
  establish a nursing resource section within the center for the
  collection and analysis of educational and employment trends for
  nurses in this state.
         (c)  If the nursing resource section established under
  Subsection (b) is funded from surcharges collected under Section
  301.155(c), Occupations Code, the department [council] shall
  provide the Texas Board of Nursing with an annual accounting of the
  money received from the board.  The department [council] may expend
  a reasonable amount of the money to pay administrative costs of
  maintaining the nursing resource section.
         SECTION 32.  Sections 105.003(a), (b), (c), (c-1), (d), (f),
  and (g), Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The department [council] shall place a high priority on
  collecting and disseminating data on health professions
  demonstrating an acute shortage in this state, including:
               (1)  data concerning nursing personnel; and
               (2)  data concerning the health professions in which
  shortages occur in rural areas.
         (b)  To the extent possible, the department [council] may
  collect the data from existing sources that the department
  [council] determines are credible. The department [council] may
  enter agreements with those sources that establish guidelines
  concerning the identification, acquisition, transfer, and
  confidentiality of the data.
         (c)  The Department of Information Resources, through
  TexasOnline and in consultation with the department [council] and
  the Health Professions Council, shall add and label as "mandatory"
  the following fields on an application or renewal form for a
  license, certificate, or registration for a person subject to
  Subsection (c-2):
               (1)  full name and last four digits of social security
  number;
               (2)  full mailing address; and
               (3)  educational background and training, including
  basic health professions degree, school name and location of basic
  health professions degree, and graduation year for basic health
  professions degree, and, as applicable, highest professional
  degree obtained, related professional school name and location, and
  related graduation year.
         (c-1)  The Department of Information Resources, through
  TexasOnline and in consultation with the department [council] and
  the Health Professions Council, shall add the following fields on
  an application or renewal form for a license, certificate, or
  registration for a person subject to Subsection (c-2):
               (1)  date and place of birth;
               (2)  sex;
               (3)  race and ethnicity;
               (4)  location of high school;
               (5)  mailing address of primary practice;
               (6)  number of hours per week spent at primary practice
  location;
               (7)  description of primary practice setting;
               (8)  primary practice information, including primary
  specialty practice, practice location zip code, and county; and
               (9)  information regarding any additional practice,
  including description of practice setting, practice location zip
  code, and county.
         (d)  To the extent feasible, the department [council] shall
  use a researcher with a doctorate in nursing to collect, analyze,
  and disseminate nursing data that may be used to predict supply and
  demand for nursing personnel in this state using appropriate
  federal or state supply-and-demand models. The nursing data must
  at least:
               (1)  include demographics, areas of practice, supply,
  demand, and migration; and
               (2)  be analyzed to identify trends relating to numbers
  and geographical distribution, practice setting, and area of
  practice and, to the extent possible, compare those trends with
  corresponding national trends.
         (f)  The relevant members of the Health Professions Council,
  in conjunction with the Department of Information Resources, shall
  ensure that the information collected under Subsections (c) and
  (c-1) is transmitted to the department [statewide health
  coordinating council].  The department [council] shall store the
  information as needed and conduct related workforce studies,
  including a determination of the geographical distribution of the
  reporting professionals.
         (g)  The relevant members of the Health Professions Council,
  in conjunction with the Department of Information Resources, shall
  ensure that the following information is submitted to the
  department [statewide health coordinating council] for a person
  subject to Subsection (c-2):
               (1)  certification, registration, or license number;
               (2)  issuance date;
               (3)  method of certification, registration, or
  licensure; and
               (4)  certification, registration, or licensure status.
         SECTION 33.  Section 105.004, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 105.004.  REPORTS. (a) The department [council] may
  use the data collected and analyzed under this chapter to publish
  reports regarding:
               (1)  the educational and employment trends for health
  professions;
               (2)  the supply and demand of health professions; and
               (3)  other issues, as necessary, concerning health
  professions in this state.
         (b)  The department [council] shall publish reports
  regarding the data collected and analyzed under this chapter
  related to:
               (1)  the educational and employment trends of nursing
  professionals;
               (2)  the supply and demand of nursing professionals;
  and
               (3)  other issues, as determined necessary by the
  department [council], concerning nursing professionals in this
  state.
         SECTION 34.  Section 105.007, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 105.007.  CLEARINGHOUSE. (a) As part of the
  comprehensive health professions resource center, the department
  [council] shall develop and establish a clearinghouse for health
  professionals seeking collaborative practice.
         (b)  The department [council] may:
               (1)  set and collect a reasonable fee to offset the cost
  of complying with this section;
               (2)  solicit, receive, and spend grants, gifts, and
  donations from public and private sources to comply with this
  section; and
               (3)  contract with public or private entities in the
  performance of the department's [its] responsibilities under this
  section.
         SECTION 35.  Sections 105.008(e) and (h), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The nursing resource section shall contract with an
  independent researcher to develop the research design and conduct
  the research. The independent researcher must be selected by a
  selection committee composed of:
               (1)  [one representative elected by a majority of the
  nursing advisory committee under Section 104.0155, who is the chair
  of the selection committee;
               [(2)]  one representative designated by the Texas
  Health Care Policy Council;
               (2) [(3)]  the presiding officer of the Texas Board of
  Nursing;
               (3) [(4)]  one representative of the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board, designated by the governor;
               (4) [(5)]  one representative designated by the Texas
  Hospital Association;
               (5) [(6)]  one representative designated by the Texas
  Association of Business; and
               (6) [(7)]  one representative designated by a clinical
  competency assessment program that meets the requirements of
  Section 301.157(d-8), Occupations Code[; and
               [(8)     the nurse researcher member of the nursing
  advisory committee under Section 104.0155].
         (h)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission [nursing advisory committee formed under
  Section 104.0155] shall oversee [serve as the oversight committee
  for] the study.
         SECTION 36.  Chapter 105, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 105.009 to read as follows:
         Sec. 105.009.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT TO CENTER. (a) The
  comprehensive health professions resource center created by
  Section 105.002 is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government
  Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state agency subject to
  review under that chapter. If the center is not continued in
  existence in accordance with that chapter, the center is abolished
  and this chapter expires September 1, 2019.
         (b)  To the extent that Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), places a duty on a state agency subject to review under
  that chapter, the department shall perform the duty as it relates to
  the center.
         SECTION 37.  Chapter 107, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 107.010 to read as follows:
         Sec. 107.010.  SUNSET PROVISION. The health disparities
  task force is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
  Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
  the task force is abolished and this chapter expires September 1,
  2019.
         SECTION 38.  Chapter 112, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 112.015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 112.015.  SUNSET PROVISION. The Border Health
  Foundation is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
  Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
  the foundation is abolished and this chapter expires September 1,
  2019.
         SECTION 39.  Section 113.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 113.002.  SUNSET PROVISION; ABOLISHMENT. The Texas
  Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donor Council is subject to Chapter 325,
  Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
  as provided by that chapter, the council is abolished and this
  chapter expires September 1, 2019 [2017], unless the department and
  the council mutually determine that the public interest is best
  served by abolition of the council and agree to abolish the council
  on an earlier date.
         SECTION 40.  The heading to Chapter 114, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 114. [INTERAGENCY] OBESITY COORDINATION EFFORT [COUNCIL]
         SECTION 41.  Section 114.001, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 114.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "institution of
  higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003,
  Education Code ["council" means the interagency obesity council
  created by this chapter].
         SECTION 42.  Section 114.005, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 114.005.  REVIEW OF AGENCY PROGRAMS. The institutions
  of higher education that receive state money for obesity research 
  [council] shall jointly review the status of the programs of the
  Department of Agriculture, the Department of State Health Services,
  and the Texas Education Agency that promote better health and
  nutrition and prevent obesity among children and adults in this
  state.
         SECTION 43.  Sections 114.007(a) and (b), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Not later than January 15 of each even-numbered
  [odd-numbered] year, the institutions of higher education
  performing the review under Section 114.005 [the council] shall
  jointly submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
  and the speaker of the house of representatives on the activities of
  the institutions [council] under Section [Sections] 114.005 [and
  114.006] during the preceding two calendar years.
         (b)  A report submitted by the institutions of higher
  education [council] under Subsection (a) must include the following
  information regarding discussions of agency programs under Section
  114.005:
               (1)  a list of the programs within each agency
  [represented on the council] that are designed to promote better
  health and nutrition;
               (2)  an assessment of the steps taken by each program
  during the preceding two calendar years;
               (3)  a report of the progress made by taking these steps
  in reaching each program's goals;
               (4)  the areas of improvement that are needed in each
  program; and
               (5)  recommendations for future goals or legislation.
         SECTION 44.  Section 115.012, Health and Safety Code, as
  added by Chapters 835 (S.B. 1824) and 1133 (H.B. 2196), Acts of the
  81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 115.012.  SUNSET PROVISION. The Interagency Task Force
  for Children With Special Needs is subject to Chapter 325,
  Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
  as provided by that chapter, the task force is abolished and this
  chapter expires September 1, 2019 [2015].
         SECTION 45.  Section 221.005(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This chapter does not exempt a corporation or user from
  compliance with Chapter [104 or] 225.
         SECTION 46.  Section 222.022(1), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "Health care facility" means a public or private
  hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility,
  ambulatory surgical center, family planning clinic that performs
  ambulatory surgical procedures, rural or urban health initiative
  clinic, end stage renal disease facility, or inpatient
  rehabilitation facility. The term does not include the office of
  physicians or practitioners of the healing arts practicing
  individually or in groups or [has the meaning assigned by Section
  104.002, except that the term does not include] a chemical
  dependency treatment facility licensed by the Department of State
  Health Services [Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse].
         SECTION 47.  Section 311.033(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A hospital that does not submit to the department the
  data required under this section is subject to civil penalties
  under Section 311.0331 [104.043].
         SECTION 48.  Subchapter C, Chapter 311, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 311.0331 to read as follows:
         Sec. 311.0331.  FAILURE TO SUBMIT DATA; CIVIL PENALTY. (a)
  If the department does not receive necessary data from a hospital as
  required by Section 311.033, the department shall send to the
  hospital a notice requiring the hospital to submit the data not
  later than the 30th day after the date on which the hospital
  receives the notice.
         (b)  A hospital that does not submit the data during the
  period determined under Subsection (a) is subject to a civil
  penalty of not more than $500 for each day after the period that
  hospital fails to submit the data.
         (c)  At the request of the executive commissioner of the
  Health and Human Services Commission, the attorney general shall
  sue in the name of the state to recover the civil penalty.
         SECTION 49.  Section 577.016(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license if
  the department finds that the applicant or licensee has
  substantially failed to comply with:
               (1)  department rules;
               (2)  this subtitle; or
               (3)  Chapter [Chapters 104 and] 225.
         SECTION 50.  Section 1001.071, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1001.071.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT
  RELATED TO HEALTH CARE. The department is responsible for
  administering human services programs regarding the public health,
  including:
               (1)  implementing the state's public health care
  delivery programs under the authority of the department;
               (2)  administering state health facilities, hospitals,
  and health care systems;
               (3)  developing and providing health care services, as
  directed by law;
               (4)  providing for the prevention and control of
  communicable diseases;
               (5)  providing public education on health-related
  matters, as directed by law;
               (6)  compiling, collecting, and reporting
  health-related information, as directed by law;
               (7)  acting as the lead agency for implementation of
  state policies regarding the human immunodeficiency virus and
  acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and administering programs
  related to the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired
  immunodeficiency syndrome;
               (8)  investigating the causes of injuries and methods
  of prevention;
               (9)  administering a grant program to provide
  appropriated money to counties, municipalities, public health
  districts, and other political subdivisions for their use to
  provide or pay for essential public health services;
               (10)  administering the registration of vital
  statistics;
               (11)  licensing, inspecting, and enforcing regulations
  regarding health facilities, other than long-term care facilities
  regulated by the Department of Aging and Disability Services;
               (12)  implementing established standards and
  procedures for the management and control of sanitation and for
  health protection measures;
               (13)  enforcing regulations regarding radioactive
  materials;
               (14)  enforcing regulations regarding food, bottled
  and vended drinking water, drugs, cosmetics, and health devices;
               (15)  enforcing regulations regarding food service
  establishments, retail food stores, mobile food units, and roadside
  food vendors; and
               (16)  enforcing regulations controlling hazardous
  substances in households and workplaces.
         SECTION 51.  Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER G. SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION OF HEALTH CARE DATA
         Sec. 1001.171.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "rural
  provider" means a provider:
               (1)  located in a county:
                     (A)  with a population of 35,000 or less; or
                     (B)  with a population of more than 35,000, that
  has 100 or fewer licensed hospital beds, and that is not located in
  an area that is delineated as an urbanized area by the United States
  Bureau of the Census; and
               (2)  that is not a state-owned hospital or a hospital
  that is managed or owned, directly or indirectly, by an individual,
  association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that
  owns or manages one or more other hospitals.
         Sec. 1001.172.  DATA SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION. (a) The
  department may collect and, except as provided by Subsections (c)
  and (d), providers shall submit to the department or another entity
  as determined by the department all data required by this section.
  The data must be collected according to uniform submission formats,
  coding systems, and other technical specifications necessary to
  make the incoming data substantially valid, consistent,
  compatible, and manageable using electronic data processing, if
  available.
         (b)  The department shall adopt rules to implement the data
  submission requirements imposed by Subsection (a) in appropriate
  stages to allow for the development of efficient systems for the
  collection and submission of the data. A rule adopted by the
  department that requires submission of a data element that was not
  required to be submitted before adoption of the rule:
               (1)  may not take effect before the 90th day after the
  date the rule is adopted; and
               (2)  must take effect not later than the first
  anniversary after the date the rule is adopted.
         (c)  A rural provider may provide the data required by this
  subchapter.
         (d)  A hospital may provide the data required by this
  subchapter if the hospital:
               (1)  is exempt from state franchise, sales, ad valorem,
  or other state or local taxes; and
               (2)  does not seek or receive reimbursement for
  providing health care services to patients from any source,
  including:
                     (A)  the patient or any person legally obligated
  to support the patient;
                     (B)  a third-party payor; and
                     (C)  Medicaid, Medicare, or any other federal,
  state, or local program for indigent health care.
         (e)  The department may not collect data from an individual
  physician or from an entity that is composed entirely of physicians
  and that is formed under Title 7, Business Organizations Code, or is
  a professional association organized under the former Texas
  Professional Association Act (Article 1528f, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes) or formed under the Texas Professional Association Law,
  as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code, a
  limited liability partnership organized under former Section 3.08,
  Texas Revised Partnership Act (Article 6132b-3.08, Vernon's Texas
  Civil Statutes), or described by Subchapter J, Chapter 152,
  Business Organizations Code, or a limited liability company
  organized under the former Texas Limited Liability Company Act
  (Article 1528n, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) or formed under the
  Texas Limited Liability Company Law, as described by Section 1.008,
  Business Organizations Code, except to the extent the entity owns
  and operates a health care facility in this state. This subsection
  does not prohibit the release of data about physicians using
  uniform physician identifiers that has been collected from a health
  care facility under this subchapter.
         (f)  The department is the single collection point for the
  receipt of data from providers. The department may transfer
  collection of any data required to be collected by the department
  under any other law to the statewide health care data collection
  system.
         (g)  The department may not require a provider to submit data
  more frequently than quarterly. A provider may submit data more
  frequently than quarterly.
         (h)  The department shall coordinate data collection with
  the data collection formats used by federally qualified health
  centers. To satisfy the requirements of this subchapter:
               (1)  a federally qualified health center shall submit
  annually to the department a copy of the Medicaid cost report of
  federally qualified health centers; and
               (2)  a provider receiving federal funds under 42 U.S.C.
  Section 254b, 254c, or 256 shall submit annually to the department a
  copy of the Bureau of Common Reporting Requirements data report
  developed by the United States Public Health Service.
         (i)  The department shall coordinate data collection with
  the data submission formats used by hospitals and other providers.
  The department shall accept data in the format developed by the
  National Uniform Billing Committee (Uniform Hospital Billing Form
  UB 92) and HCFA-1500 or their successors or other universally
  accepted standardized forms that hospitals and other providers use
  for other complementary purposes.
         (j)  The department by rule shall develop reasonable
  alternate data submission procedures for providers that do not
  possess electronic data processing capacity.
         (k)  The department shall collect health care data elements
  relating to payer type, the racial and ethnic background of
  patients, and the use of health care services by consumers.  The
  department shall prioritize data collection efforts on inpatient
  and outpatient surgical and radiological procedures from
  hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and freestanding radiology
  centers.
         (l)  To the extent feasible, the department shall obtain from
  public records the information that is available from those
  records.
         (m)  A provider of a health benefit plan shall annually
  submit to the department aggregate data by service area required by
  the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set as operated by the
  National Committee for Quality Assurance. The department may
  approve the submission of data in accordance with other methods
  generally used by the health benefit plan industry. If the Health
  Plan Employer Data and Information Set does not generally apply to a
  health benefit plan, the department shall require submission of
  data in accordance with other methods. This subsection does not
  relieve a health care facility that provides services under a
  health benefit plan from the requirements of this subchapter.
  Information submitted under this section:
               (1)  is subject to Section 1001.174; and
               (2)  is not subject to Section 1001.173.
         Sec. 1001.173.  COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF PROVIDER
  QUALITY DATA. (a) Subject to Section 1001.172, the department
  shall collect data reflecting provider quality based on a
  methodology and review process established through the
  department's rulemaking process. The methodology shall identify
  and measure quality standards and adhere to any federal mandates.
         (b)  The department shall study and analyze initial
  methodologies for obtaining provider quality data, including
  outcome data.
         (c)  Provider quality data for reports shall be published and
  made available to the public, on a time schedule the department
  considers appropriate.
         (d)  If the department determines that provider quality data
  to be published under Subsection (c) does not provide the intended
  result or is inaccurate or inappropriate for dissemination, the
  department is not required to publish the data or reports based in
  whole or in part on the data. This subsection does not affect the
  release of public use data in accordance with Section 1001.174 or
  the release of information submitted under Section 1001.172(m).
         (e)  The department shall adopt rules allowing a provider to
  submit concise written comments regarding any specific provider
  quality data to be released concerning the provider. The
  department shall make the comments available to the public and in an
  electronic form accessible through the Internet. The comments
  shall be attached to any public release of provider quality data.
  Providers shall submit the comments to the department to be
  attached to the public release of provider quality data in the same
  format as the provider quality data that is to be released.
         (f)  The methodology adopted by the department for measuring
  quality shall include case-mix qualifiers, severity adjustment
  factors, adjustments for medical education and research, and any
  other factors necessary to accurately reflect provider quality.
         (g)  In addition to the requirements of this section, any
  release of provider quality data shall comply with Sections
  1001.174(g) and (h).
         (h)  A provider quality data report may not identify an
  individual physician by name. A provider quality data report must
  identify a physician by the uniform physician identifier designated
  by the department under Section 1001.174(c).
         (i)  The department shall release provider quality data in an
  aggregate form without uniform physician identifiers if:
               (1)  the data relates to a rural provider; or
               (2)  the cell size of the data is less than the minimum
  size established by department rule that would enable
  identification of an individual patient or physician.
         Sec. 1001.174.  DISSEMINATION OF PUBLIC USE DATA AND
  DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS. (a) The department shall promptly
  provide public use data and data collected in accordance with
  Section 1001.172(m) to those requesting it. The public use data
  does not include provider quality data prescribed by Section
  1001.173 or confidential data prescribed by Section 1001.176.
         (b)  Subject to the restrictions on access to department data
  prescribed by Sections 1001.173 and 1001.176, and using the public
  use data and other data, records, and matters of record available to
  the department, the department shall prepare and issue reports to
  the governor, the legislature, and the public as provided by this
  section. The department must issue the reports at least annually.
         (c)  Subject to the restrictions on access to department data
  prescribed by Sections 1001.173 and 1001.176, the department shall
  use public use data to prepare and issue reports that provide
  information relating to providers, including the incidence rate of
  selected medical or surgical procedures. The reports must provide
  the data in a manner that identifies individual providers,
  including individual physicians, and that identifies and compares
  data elements for all providers. An individual physician may not be
  identified by name. An individual physician shall be identified by
  uniform physician identifiers. The department by rule shall
  designate the characters to be used as uniform physician
  identifiers.
         (d)  The department shall use public use data to prepare and
  issue reports that provide information for review and analysis by
  the commission relating to services that are provided:
               (1)  in a niche hospital, as that term is defined by
  Section 105.002, Occupations Code; and
               (2)  by a physician with an ownership interest in the
  niche hospital.
         (e)  Subsection (d) does not apply to an ownership interest
  in publicly available shares of a registered investment company,
  including a mutual fund, that owns publicly traded equity
  securities or debt obligations issued by a niche hospital or an
  entity that owns a niche hospital.
         (f)  The department shall adopt procedures to establish the
  accuracy and consistency of the public use data before releasing
  the public use data to the public.
         (g)  If public use data is requested from the department
  about a specific provider, the department shall notify the provider
  about the release of the data. A provider may not interfere with
  the release of the data.
         (h)  A report issued by the department shall include a
  reasonable review and comment period for the affected providers
  before public release of the report.
         (i)  The department shall adopt rules allowing a provider to
  submit concise written comments regarding any specific public use
  data to be released concerning the provider. The department shall
  make the comments available to the public and in an electronic form
  accessible through the Internet. The comments shall be attached to
  any public release of the public use data. A provider shall submit
  the comments to the department to be attached to the public release
  of public use data in the same format as the public use data that is
  to be released.
         (j)  Electronic media containing public use data and
  provider quality reports that is released to the public must
  include general consumer education material, including an
  explanation of the benefits and limitations of the information
  provided in the public use data and provider quality reports.
         (k)  The department shall release public use data in an
  aggregate form without uniform physician identifiers if:
               (1)  the data relates to a rural provider; or
               (2)  the cell size of the data is less than the minimum
  size established by department rule that would enable
  identification of an individual patient or physician.
         Sec. 1001.175.  COMPUTER ACCESS TO DATA. (a) The department
  shall provide for computer-to-computer access to the public use
  data. A report must maintain patient confidentiality as provided
  by Section 1001.176.
         (b)  The department may charge a person requesting public use
  or provider quality data a fee for the data. The fee:
               (1)  may reflect the quantity of information provided
  and the expense incurred by the department in collecting and
  providing the data; and
               (2)  must be set at a level that will raise revenue
  sufficient for the department's operations under this subchapter.
         (c)  The department may not charge a fee for providing public
  use data to a state agency.
         Sec. 1001.176.  CONFIDENTIALITY AND GENERAL ACCESS TO DATA.
  (a) The department shall use data received by the department for
  the benefit of the public. Subject to specific limitations
  established by this subchapter and department rule, the department
  shall make determinations on requests for information in favor of
  access.
         (b)  The department by rule shall designate the characters to
  be used as uniform patient identifiers. The basis for assignment of
  the characters and the manner in which the characters are assigned
  are confidential.
         (c)  Unless specifically authorized by this subchapter, the
  department may not release and a person may not gain access to any
  data that:
               (1)  could reasonably be expected to reveal the
  identity of a patient;
               (2)  could reasonably be expected to reveal the
  identity of a physician;
               (3)  discloses a provider discount or a differential
  between payments and billed charges;
               (4)  relates to actual payments to an identified
  provider made by a payer; or
               (5)  is submitted to the department in a uniform
  submission format that is not included in the public use data set
  established, except in accordance with Section 1001.177.
         (d)  All data collected and used by the department under this
  subchapter is subject to the confidentiality provisions and
  criminal penalties of:
               (1)  Section 81.103;
               (2)  Section 311.037; and
               (3)  Section 159.002, Occupations Code.
         (e)  Data on patients and compilations produced from the data
  collected that identifies a patient is not:
               (1)  subject to discovery, subpoena, or any other means
  of legal compulsion for release to any person or entity except as
  provided by this section; or
               (2)  admissible in any civil, administrative, or
  criminal proceeding.
         (f)  Data on physicians and compilations produced from the
  data collected that identifies a physician is not:
               (1)  subject to discovery, subpoena, or any other means
  of legal compulsion for release to any person or entity except as
  provided by this section; or
               (2)  admissible in any civil, administrative, or
  criminal proceeding.
         (g)  The department may not release data elements in a manner
  that will reveal the identity of a patient or a physician.
         (h)  Subsections (c) and (g) do not prohibit the release of a
  uniform physician identifier in conjunction with:
               (1)  a provider quality report in accordance with
  Section 1001.173; or
               (2)  associated public use data in accordance with
  Section 1001.174.
         (i)  Notwithstanding any other law, the department may not
  provide information made confidential by this section to any other
  agency of this state.
         (j)  The department by rule shall develop and implement a
  mechanism to comply with Subsections (c)(1) and (2).
         Sec. 1001.177.  SCIENTIFIC REVIEW PANEL. (a) The
  department shall establish a scientific review panel to review and
  approve requests for information other than public use data.
         (b)  The members of the panel must have experience and
  expertise in ethics, patient confidentiality, and health care data.
         (c)  To assist the panel in determining whether to approve a
  request for information, the department shall adopt rules similar
  to the guidelines on releasing data of the Health Care Financing
  Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human
  Services.
         (d)  A request for information, other than public use data,
  must be made on the form created by the department.
         Sec. 1001.178.  CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person who knowingly
  or negligently releases data in violation of this subchapter is
  liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000.
         (b)  A person who fails to supply available data under
  Sections 1001.172 and 1001.173 is liable for a civil penalty of not
  less than $1,000 or more than $10,000 for each violation.
         (c)  If requested by the department, the attorney general
  shall enforce this subchapter.
         (d)  The venue of an action brought under this section is in
  Travis County.
         (e)  A civil penalty recovered in a suit instituted by the
  attorney general under this subchapter shall be deposited in the
  general revenue fund to the credit of the health care information
  account.
         Sec. 1001.179.  CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an
  offense if the person:
               (1)  knowingly accesses data in violation of this
  subchapter; or
               (2)  releases data, with criminal negligence, in
  violation of this subchapter.
         (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
         Sec. 1001.180.  RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt
  rules as necessary to implement this subchapter, including rules
  that:
               (1)  prescribe a process for providers to submit data
  consistent with Section 1001.172; and
               (2)  adopt and implement a methodology to collect and
  disseminate data reflecting provider quality in accordance with
  Section 1001.173.
         SECTION 52.  Section 56.3075(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  If the money available for TEXAS grants in a period for
  which grants are awarded is sufficient to provide grants to all
  eligible applicants in amounts specified by Section 56.307, the
  coordinating board may use any excess money available for TEXAS
  grants to award a grant in an amount not more than three times the
  amount that may be awarded under Section 56.307 to a student who:
               (1)  is enrolled in a program that fulfills the
  educational requirements for licensure or certification by the
  state in a health care profession that the coordinating board, in
  consultation with the Texas Workforce Commission and the Department
  of State Health Services [statewide health coordinating council],
  has identified as having a critical shortage in the number of
  license holders needed in this state;
               (2)  has completed at least one-half of the work toward
  a degree or certificate that fulfills the educational requirement
  for licensure or certification; and
               (3)  meets all the requirements to receive a grant
  award under Section 56.307.
         SECTION 53.  Section 56.4075(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The coordinating board may award a grant in an amount
  not more than three times the amount that may be awarded under
  Section 56.407 to a student who:
               (1)  is enrolled in a program that fulfills the
  educational requirements for licensure or certification by the
  state in a health care profession that the coordinating board, in
  consultation with the Texas Workforce Commission and the Department
  of State Health Services [statewide health coordinating council],
  has identified as having a critical shortage in the number of
  license holders needed in this state;
               (2)  has completed at least one-half of the work toward
  a degree or certificate that fulfills the educational requirement
  for licensure or certification; and
               (3)  meets all the requirements to receive a grant
  award under Section 56.407.
         SECTION 54.  Section 501.253(a), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The office is entitled to information that is
  confidential under a law of this state, including Section 843.006
  of this code, Subchapter G, Chapter 1001 [108], Health and Safety
  Code, and Chapter 552, Government Code.
         SECTION 55.  Section 301.157(h), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (h)  The board, in collaboration with the nursing educators,
  the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Department
  of State Health Services [Texas Health Care Policy Council], shall
  implement, monitor, and evaluate a plan for the creation of
  innovative nursing education models that promote increased
  enrollment in this state's nursing programs.
         SECTION 56.  The following laws are repealed:
               (1)  Chapter 104, Health and Safety Code;
               (2)  Chapter 108, Health and Safety Code;
               (3)  Chapter 109, Health and Safety Code; and
               (4)  Sections 114.002, 114.003, 114.004, 114.006,
  114.007(c), and 114.008, Health and Safety Code.
         SECTION 57.  On September 1, 2011:
               (1)  the statewide health coordinating council is
  abolished;
               (2)  all property in the custody of the statewide
  health coordinating council is transferred to the Department of
  State Health Services; and
               (3)  all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
  the statewide health coordinating council are transferred to the
  Department of State Health Services.
         SECTION 58.  On September 1, 2011:
               (1)  the Texas Health Care Policy Council is abolished;
               (2)  all property in the custody of the Texas Health
  Care Policy Council is transferred to the Department of State
  Health Services; and
               (3)  all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
  the Texas Health Care Policy Council are transferred to the
  Department of State Health Services.
         SECTION 59.  On September 1, 2011:
               (1)  the Interagency Obesity Council is abolished;
               (2)  all property in the custody of the Interagency
  Obesity Council is transferred to the Department of State Health
  Services; and
               (3)  all contracts, leases, rights, and obligations of
  the Interagency Obesity Council are transferred to the Department
  of State Health Services.
         SECTION 60.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.